The Indian cyclists who were training in Slovenia were called back to the country after a female cyclist accused chief coach RK Sharma of ''inappropriate behaviour."
The new batch of coaches and assistant coaches has a host of eminent names, including Asian Games gold medallist rower Bajrang Lal Thakar. He joins as rowing coach.
While the wrestling trials will take place at SAI's Sonepat, Lucknow, and Mumbai centres, judo trials will take place in NCoE Imphal and Bhopal.
The Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Monday said it has decided to close its 67 training centres across the country due to rising COVID-19 cases but national camps for elite athletes will continue in bio-bubbles.
The sports governing body approved the extension of athletics camps across five different locations in the country.
Seven Olympic and six Paralympic disciplines were identified for support under TOPS at a meeting of the Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of the Sports Ministry.
India achieved unprecedented success in the Tokyo Games this year by winning seven medals, including a historic gold in athletics.
Around 70-75 players will be part of the camp, including top players like Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy, N sikki Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa.
A 15-member Olympic-bound Indian team will leave for Zagreb, Croatia on May 11 in a chartered flight to participate in the European Championship in Osijek from May 20 to June 6.
The accused, who is above 50 years of age and is an athletics coach, is currently lodged in Tihar Jail under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
According to SAI, the government will arrange for the safe return of all NCOE athletes who are heading home.
According to SAI, the positive cases came to light during two rounds of precautionary tests on April 3 and 6. The SAI Bhopal Center doesn't house any Olympic probable.
The boxers who have tested positive include Asian silver-medallist Deepak Kumar and India Open gold-medallist Sanjit.
It was reported that social distancing norms and other procedures put in place by the sports ministry were flouted at the indoor arena of the Noida Stadium.
The employment process, already underway, creates vacancies for 23 assistant coaches and four coaches.
The camp will take place from December 28 to January 24 at the Vasas Sports Club in Budapest, Hungary and from January 24 to February 5 at the Olympic Training Centre in Szczryk in Poland.
The triple jumper says dropping him without any events to show his performance during lockdown was demoralising.
The decision to include them in the scheme was taken at the 50th Mission Olympic Cell meeting held on November 26.
The archer is asymptomatic and being monitored by a medical team, said Sports Authority of India.
Triple Jumper Arpinder Singh was excluded from the TOPS scheme while 400m runners MR Poovamma, Nirmal Noah Tom, Alex Anthony included in the scheme along with javelin thrower Annu Rani.
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